Country Partners

Country Partners
Studio album by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
Released June 10, 1974
Recorded March 7, 1973—April 23, 1974
Studio Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, TN
Genre Country
Length 29:34
Label MCA
Producer Owen Bradley
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn chronology
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
(1973)		 Country Partners
(1974)		 Feelins'
(1975)
Conway Twitty chronology
Honky Tonk Angel
(1974)		 Country Partners
(1974)		 I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
(1974)
Loretta Lynn chronology
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1974)		 Country Partners
(1974)		 They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy
(1974)
Singles from Country Partners
  1. "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone"
    Released: May 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Country Partners is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 10, 1974, by MCA Records.[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album's only single, "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, their fourth No. 1 single together.

Recording

Recording sessions for the album took place on April 23, April 24, and April 25, 1974, at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, TN. Two songs on the album were recorded during the sessions for 1973's Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man, "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" was recorded on March 7, 1973, and "Lifetime Before" was recorded on April 5, 1973.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone"Conway TwittyMarch 7, 19732:31
2."Don't Mess Up a Good Thing"Oliver SainApril 24, 19742:48
3."Love's Not Where Love Should Be"Tracey LeeApril 25, 19742:40
4."Two Lonely People"L.E. WhiteApril 24, 19742:44
5."I Changed My Way"Conway TwittyApril 25, 19743:05
6."Country Bumpkin'"Don WayneApril 24, 19743:34
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Spiders and Snakes"Jim Stafford, David BellamyApril 25, 19742:55
2."I'm Gettin' Tired of Losing You"Conway TwittyApril 25, 19742:47
3."Sweet Things I Remember About You"Darlene ShornerApril 23, 19742:18
4."It All Falls Down"Kenny StarrApril 24, 19742:11
5."Lifetime Before"William C. Hall, Bill HayesApril 5, 19732:01

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Peak
position
1974 Country Albums 1

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Peak
position
1974 "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" Country Singles 1

References

  1. ↑ Country Partners at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn – Country Partners". Discogs.
  3. ↑ "Loretta's Recording Sessions". Loretta Lynn Fan Website.
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